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Health Update: Knee surgery tomorrow
UPDATE: Surgery scheduled for 11:30AM tomorrow Yup. A partial left knee replacement – the medial compartment (the inner aspect of the knee). It’s been pending for a long time – had meniscus surgery in 2004 and been taking the hyaluronic acid shots for the last two and a half years. And it helped greatly –…
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Feast of St. Lydia; follower of Paul
One of the first documented converts, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 16. 13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14 One of those listening was…
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BB: “Man Standing Before God Explains How Much Worse The Other Political Party Was”
A questionable strategy… Confronted by the infinite holiness of God, Peterson felt the guilt and shame of his sins washing over him, realizing with a sense of dread how he had rejected Christ and willfully rebelled against his Creator. But then, Peterson got an idea. He quickly began explaining to God just how bad the…
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America mag – interview with Sr. Helen Prejean – one of my heroes
Yes one of my heroes – I met her last November at a talk she gave at Fairfield University. Not afraid to speak out on any of the crucial life issues – but has been fighting the death penalty and counseling victims families and those on death row since 1982. If you go here at…
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Happy Birthday to me! As I turn 61 again!
Yes, always subtract seven years is one of my mottoes to live by. Unfortunately it doesn’t work anymore. Here is absolutely conclusive proof. Myself with Tim at his graduation back in May, when I realized I need to start ironing my face. That’s me on the right … OMG! Never take yourself too seriously –…
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Feast Day today: Saint Mary Magdalene
As St. Thomas Aquinas observed – “The Apostle to the Apostles.” Appearance of Jesus Christ to Maria Magdalena Here’s a little bit about her During Jesus’s Ministry And a recent article in America Magazine Nothing in the Gospel occurs by mere chance. It is highly significant that in a society where men wielded power in…
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Why Planned Parenthood fired their President
Turns out that while she is very pro-abortion that's not enough. She actually thought PP should do more healthcare and less politics. So she had to go. This is from NRO via Yahoo! Good article. The author, Alexandra Desanctis, follows the issue closely. The whole article is 16 paragraphs. Planned Parenthood has long sought to…
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African Cardinal Sarah on his 50th anniversary as a priest and his relationship with Pope Francis
His original influence? The missionaries “who communicated their faith to me.”